Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2011 Aug;39(6):853-64. doi: 10.1007/s10802-011-9501-y.
This study examined the relationship between the developmental trajectories of neuropsychological functioning and ADHD symptomatology in a longitudinal sample of children ages 9 to 14. Participants and measures were derived from the Multimodal Treatment Study for ADHD including 534MTA participants and 254 normal controls. Despite improvement over time, MTA participants continued to receive higher ratings of ADHD symptomatology and exhibit greater difficulties across the majority of neuropsychological outcomes. No relations were found between improvements in neuropsychological functioning and ADHD symptomatology over time. Findings provide support for the persistence of neuropsychological functioning and ADHD symptomatology. Findings did not support the hypothesized relation between improvements in frontally-mediated neuropsychological functioning and ADHD symptomatology possibly due to the brief 1-year lag and limited assessment battery. Findings are discussed in relation to neuropsychological development including recommendations for future research.
本研究在一个 9 至 14 岁儿童的纵向样本中考察了神经心理学功能的发展轨迹与 ADHD 症状之间的关系。参与者和测量指标来自 ADHD 的多模式治疗研究，包括 534 名 MTA 参与者和 254 名正常对照组。尽管随着时间的推移有所改善，但 MTA 参与者继续获得更高的 ADHD 症状评分，并在大多数神经心理学结果中表现出更大的困难。没有发现神经心理学功能随时间改善与 ADHD 症状之间的关系。研究结果支持神经心理学功能和 ADHD 症状的持续性。研究结果不支持假设中前额叶介导的神经心理学功能改善与 ADHD 症状之间的关系，这可能是由于短暂的 1 年滞后和有限的评估工具包所致。研究结果与神经心理学发展有关，包括对未来研究的建议。
